Pocket coin holding and delivering device



Jan. 30, 1951 A. B. WINK 2,539,648

POCKET COIN HOLDING AND DELI VERING DEVICE Filed Feb. 21, 1949 fiTTOR EXPatented Jan. 30, 1951 PGCKET COIN HQLDHN G AND DELIVERING DEVICE ArthurB. Wink, Los Angeles, oaur.

Application February 21, 1949, Serial No. 117,511

This invention relates to a pocket coin holding and delivering device,and its main object is to provide a small, neat and practical coinholding device, which is convenient and which can be loaded with coins,and from which said coins can be discharged or delivered one by one, bya simple finger manipulation.

The device shown in the drawings is full size, and isdesignedparticularly for holding dimes, and has two pockets for dimes, with amovable cover member which can be moved from one pocket to the other, orwhen positioned between" said pockets, the coins are held againstremoval.

Another object of the invention is to provide a coin holder having coinpockets therein. with a movable cover member, the underside of which isprovided with a slideway, the thickness of the coin, and through which acoin can slip as said cover and the slideway is moved over the pocketand the coins therein.

In order to explain my invention more in detail, I have shown on theaccompanying sheet of drawings one practical embodiment thereof, which Iwill now describe. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a full sized coin holding device embodying myinvention;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a front edge view thereof;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Figure 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4, showing the top moved to one sidein full lines, and indicated to the opposite side in light broken lines;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view through the device, as seen inFig. 1, on line 6-5; and

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 'l--1, Fig. 1.

Figure 8 is a plan view of the device with a coiled spring imbeddedbetween the body and the cover for automatically closing them.

Referring in detail to the drawings, a flat body 8, with a pair of coinpockets 9, Si therein, is shown, of substantially the form shown. Thebottoms of the coin pockets are open, but of less diameter than thepocket proper, whereby coins in the pockets can be seen through theiropen bottoms.

This will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2. The thickness of the body 8and the depth of the coin pockets is such that each pocket will holdfour or five dimes, for example, though this can be changed within thespirit of the invention.

Pivotally mounted on said body, over the open ends of said coin pockets,is a cover member it,

of the same form as said body, and so as to register around its edgestherewith, as shown.

5 Claims: (Cl. 1336) Said cover has its under side, adjacent the body,in its middle portion, a coin slideway, as

H, adapted to be moved into and out of registerwith either of the coinpockets and having its front side cut away to form the slideway. Thedepth of the slideway is the same as the coin thickness, and in thepresent showing is about half the thickness of the cover member.

1 The edge of said cover member it, at the end of the slideway, is alsocut out in a semicircular notch, as at $2, for conveniently movin saidcover member with the thumb or finger, as the case may'baresting overthe notch as the device is held in the hand.

The cover is shown pivotally mounted, as at it, with a pin and slotlimit stop, as It, thus making it possible to move the cover in eitherdirection and have it stop with the coin slideway in register with thepocket, so that the top coin can slip out through said slideway H, inthe under side of said cover member. The edges of said slideway ii areslightly beveled, as at l l to facilitate the movement of the cover overthe coins in the pockets without catching on the edge of the coins.

In Fig. 8, I have shown a slightly modified embodiment of the inventionin that between the body and the cover I have provided a curved coiledspring, as 5's, in a curved pocket formed half in the cover and half inthe body, as at l5 and it, whereby said spring operates normally andyieldingly holds said cover and body in register with each other, or inclosed position, so far as the coin pockets are concerned.

I claim:

1. A pocket coin holding and delivering device having a flat body havinga pair or" coin pockets therein, side by side, to receive coins flatwisetherein, one upon the other, a movable cover memberon said body oversaid coin pockets to close them, said cover member having a coinslideway in its under side for a part of the thickness of said cover andcorresponding to the thickness of a coin, said cover member beingmovable to position said slideway on its under side over and in registerwith the coins in either of said pockets, whereby the top coin can slideout as said device is turned over and tilted.

o pen from said pockets can move through said slideway out of saidpocket as said device is turned over and tilted, a stop means forstopping said cover in register with either of said pockets, and meansnormally and yieldingly moving said cover to normal position in registerwith said body.

3. A coin holding and dispensing device consisting of a body having aplurality of coin pockets therein, said pockets being open in theirbottoms with an opening of less diameter than the coin, whereby the coinis seen through said open bottom, a cover pivotally mounted on saidbody, said cover having a coin slideway in its middle underside, movableover said pockets, to permit a coin to slide out of said pocket throughsaid slideway, when said body is turned over and tilted up on its edge,and stop means between said body and said cover to stop said coverslideway in register with either of said coin pockets.

4. In a coin holding and delivering device including a body having twocoin pockets therein side by side, to receive coins therein flatwise,one upon the other, the bottoms of said pockets having openings toexpose the coins therethrough, a cover member pivotally mounted on saidcover, over said pockets, to be moved back and forth over said pocketsand holding the coins in said pockets, said cover member having a coinslideway formed in its under side, in its middle, and movable overeither of said coin pockets, to register its slideway with the coins insaid pocket, the edge of said cover member, at said slideway, beingnotched to provide means for conveniently moving said cover member ineither direction, and whereby the thumb or finger in said notch also canstop a coin sliding through said slideway, when said body is turned overand tilted on its edge.

5. A coin holding and delivering device including a body having two coinpockets formed therein, flatwise thereof, for the main part of thethickness of said body, the bottoms of said pockets being open to exposecoins therein, a cover member corresponding in form to said body,pivotally mounted thereon, said cover member having a coin slidewayformed in its underside, in its middle, to be moved into register witheither of said pockets and the coins therein, whereby the top coin canslide out of said pocket through said slideway when said device isturned over and tilted on its edge, and a pin and slot stop meansbetween said body and cover member to stop said cover with its slidewayin register with either coin pocket.

ARTHUR B. WINK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 933,668 Roberts Sept. 7, 1909FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 2,139 Germany Feb. 22, 1878

